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RaZoR1394:
Time to remove spain from the possible resorts list?

Spain Outlaws P2P File-Sharing


--- Quote ---[0]Section_Ei8ht writes "Spanish Congress has [1]made it a civil offense
to download anything via p2p networks, and a criminal offense for ISP's
to allow users to file-share, even if the use is fair. There is also to
be a tax on all forms of blank media, including flash memory drives. I
guess the move towards distributing films legally via BitTorrent is a no
go in Spain." Here is our coverage of the [2]tax portion of this law.
--- End quote ---

link

edit:

Seems like the article is misleading and it regards copyrighted material. That means that It's just like in Sweden right now.

 
--- Quote --- A Spanish intellectual property law has finally banned unauthorized peer-to-peer file-sharing in Spain, making it a civil offense even to download content for personal use.
--- End quote ---

mobrien_12:
Distribution of films legally and of FreeBSD and of Linux by Bittorrent is P2P distrubution of Copyright protected material.  One just is given permission by the copyright holders to do so.  

Spain cannot have it both ways.

This is complete BULLSHIT and is total discrimination against small media copyright holders who rely on P2P for distribution.

But of course, that's what *AA was after all along.

Lead Head:
Considering right on Debian's page it recomends you use BitTorrent to download the files

mobrien_12:
Yeah I wonder if MS had a hand in this one as well.

pofnlice:
how is this enforceable...I mean rweally?

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